"So if anyone wants to talk about criminality, and about Daniel Kinahan and Christy Kinahan, they should go ask them themselves.

"You're telling me that, but where's the facts and proof of it?

"You're telling me about the Kinahans. I don't know anything about the Kinahans, I only know Matthew Macklin. But what has Daniel Kinahan been convicted of?" he added.

Gardai believe that Kinahan (39) has taken over his father Christy Snr's organised crime enterprise in recent years, and was previously arrested in Spain as part of a massive operation targeting the cartel.

The MGM was also raided in August by Guardia Civil officers investigating the feud murder of Gary Hutch (33), who was shot dead in September 2015 on the orders of the Kinahan cartel.